politics
Man confirmed killed in anti-government unrest
One man has died during rare anti-government demonstrations in Cuba that have shaken the island in recent days. Diubis Laurencio Tejeda, 36, died in a suburb of Havana on Monday during a clash between protesters and police. According to the interior ...
Lithuania votes to curb influx of migrants from Belarus
Lithuania has voted in favour of strict new migration laws amid an influx of arrivals from Belarus. Politicians backed the controversial legislation on Tuesday, allowing the mass detention of migrants and limiting their right to appeal. It comes as h...
Voting rights: How the battle is unfolding across the US
The battle over voting rights in the US is a drama that’s playing out in the Congress and state legislatures across the country. In Philadelphia on Tuesday, Joe Biden gave a fiery speech, warning that American democracy is facing its greatest threat ...
Ukrainian Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov has resigned.
“According to the first part of Article 18 of the Law on the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, he has submitted his resignation,” the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said in a statement. The statement did not elaborate on...
Trump said whoever ‘leaked’ info on his White House bunker stay should be ‘executed,’ new book claims
Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker in May of that year had committed treason and should be executed for sharing details about the episode with mem...
Biden forced to pivot foreign policy focus to crises in neighboring nations
President Joe Biden has staked his presidency on America’s return — a return to normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic, a return to the global stage following four years of Trump-era isolationism and, arguably, a return to many of the policy position...
Texas Democrats flee state to block Republican voting law
Democrats in the Texas legislature have left their state en masse in an effort to prevent Republicans there from passing a law to tighten voting rules. The move will temporarily paralyse the state’s House of Representatives, which requires at least ...
Cuba protests: Arrests after thousands rally against government
Dozens of people have been arrested in Cuba after thousands joined the biggest protests for decades against the island’s Communist government, media and opposition sources say. Cubans have been angered by the collapse of the economy, food and medici...
A protest rally is taking place in front of the parliament In Tbilisi
A protest rally is taking place in front of the parliament. Media representatives and civic activists are gathered on the main avenue of the capital. Media representatives, civil activists, politicians and citizens are protesting against the death o...
Military deployed to tackle unrest over jailed ex-president
South Africa is deploying the military to tackle riots that have broken out since the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. Shops were looted and buildings set on fire on Monday as Zuma challenged his sentence at a hearing in the top court. At leas...
